exact matches always show profile regardless of block status

packages/bsky/src/api/app/bsky/actor/searchActorsTypeahead.ts

@@ -82,10 +82,15 @@ const hydration = async (
 }
 
 const noBlocks = (inputs: RulesFnInput<Context, Params, Skeleton>) => {
-  const { ctx, skeleton, hydration } = inputs
-  skeleton.dids = skeleton.dids.filter(
-    (did) => !ctx.views.viewerBlockExists(did, hydration),
-  )
+  const { ctx, skeleton, hydration, params } = inputs
+  skeleton.dids = skeleton.dids.filter((did) => {
+    const actor = hydration.actors?.get(did)
+    if (!actor) return false
+    // Always display exact matches so that users can find profiles that they have blocked
+    const term = (params.q ?? params.term ?? '').toLowerCase()
+    const isExactMatch = actor.handle?.toLowerCase() === term
+    return isExactMatch || !ctx.views.viewerBlockExists(did, hydration)
+  })
   return skeleton
 }
 

packages/bsky/tests/views/block-lists.test.ts

@@ -295,21 +295,39 @@ describe('pds views with blocking from block lists', () => {
   it('does not return blocked accounts in actor search typeahead', async () => {
     const resCarol = await agent.api.app.bsky.actor.searchActorsTypeahead(
       {
-        term: 'dan.test',
+        term: 'dan.tes',
       },
       { headers: await network.serviceHeaders(carol) },
     )
     expect(resCarol.data.actors.some((actor) => actor.did === dan)).toBeFalsy()
 
     const resDan = await agent.api.app.bsky.actor.searchActorsTypeahead(
       {
-        term: 'carol.test',
+        term: 'carol.tes',
       },
       { headers: await network.serviceHeaders(dan) },
     )
     expect(resDan.data.actors.some((actor) => actor.did === carol)).toBeFalsy()
   })
 
+  it('does return blocked accounts in actor search typeahead when term is exact handle', async () => {
+    const resCarol = await agent.api.app.bsky.actor.searchActorsTypeahead(
+      {
+        term: 'dan.test',
+      },
+      { headers: await network.serviceHeaders(carol) },
+    )
+    expect(resCarol.data.actors.some((actor) => actor.did === dan)).toBeTruthy()
+
+    const resDan = await agent.api.app.bsky.actor.searchActorsTypeahead(
+      {
+        term: 'carol.test',
+      },
+      { headers: await network.serviceHeaders(dan) },
+    )
+    expect(resDan.data.actors.some((actor) => actor.did === carol)).toBeTruthy()
+  })
+
   it('does not return blocked accounts in get suggestions', async () => {
     // unfollow so they _would_ show up in suggestions if not for block
     await sc.unfollow(carol, dan)

packages/bsky/tests/views/blocks.test.ts

@@ -367,21 +367,39 @@ describe('pds views with blocking', () => {
   it('does not return blocked accounts in actor search typeahead', async () => {
     const resCarol = await agent.api.app.bsky.actor.searchActorsTypeahead(
       {
-        term: 'dan.test',
+        term: 'dan.tes',
       },
       { headers: await network.serviceHeaders(carol) },
     )
     expect(resCarol.data.actors.some((actor) => actor.did === dan)).toBeFalsy()
 
     const resDan = await agent.api.app.bsky.actor.searchActorsTypeahead(
       {
-        term: 'carol.test',
+        term: 'carol.tes',
       },
       { headers: await network.serviceHeaders(dan) },
     )
     expect(resDan.data.actors.some((actor) => actor.did === carol)).toBeFalsy()
   })
 
+  it('does return blocked accounts in actor search typeahead when term is exact handle', async () => {
+    const resCarol = await agent.api.app.bsky.actor.searchActorsTypeahead(
+      {
+        term: 'dan.test',
+      },
+      { headers: await network.serviceHeaders(carol) },
+    )
+    expect(resCarol.data.actors.some((actor) => actor.did === dan)).toBeTruthy()
+
+    const resDan = await agent.api.app.bsky.actor.searchActorsTypeahead(
+      {
+        term: 'carol.test',
+      },
+      { headers: await network.serviceHeaders(dan) },
+    )
+    expect(resDan.data.actors.some((actor) => actor.did === carol)).toBeTruthy()
+  })
+
   it('does not return blocked accounts in get suggestions', async () => {
     // unfollow so they _would_ show up in suggestions if not for block
     await sc.unfollow(carol, dan)